Collar-button.



I. B. ROCK.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION man mmzo, ma.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

@Rune 13 l s nu: co.. rum-uma, vuxumcm JOHN B. ROCK, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

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Application filed March 20, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. Rook, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah andSt-ate of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

'Ihis invention relates to apparel, particu-` larly to collar fastening devices, and has for its object the provision of a novel form of collar button adapted for association with the button hole at the rear of a neck band of a shirt, whereby a collar may be quickly and easily secured thereon.

An important object is the provision of a collar button of this character which will be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture, efficient in service, durable in use and a general improvement of the art.

With these objects and advantages in view my invention consists in thc novel construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a fragmentary rear elevation of the neck band of a shirt showing my novel collar button in position therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of my collar button detached.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the device, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a still further modified form.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the letter A designates the shirt band formed as usual of the two plies stitched together to provide a pocket, the outer ply being provided with the usual button hole B. My improved collar button is formed from a single piece of material, preferably metal or Celluloid, cut to provide an enlarged base 5, a shank portion 6, and a head portion 7 which has its extremity 8 extended beyond the side of the base portion 5. In the preferred form of my device, the base portion 5 and the head portion 7 lie in the same plane whereas the shank portion 6 is bent outwardly as shown to provide a retaining bead.

In the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 3, the base portion 5 and the head portion 7 instead of being in the same plane are relatively o'set as shown, the offsetting be- Speeicaton of Letters Patent.

Iatented Jan.. 14, 19I9..

Serial No. 223,632.

ing accomplished by bending the shank portion 6 outwardly.

In the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the shank 6 instead of terminating in a head 7 terminates in a tongue 9 which has its sides gradually tapering toward a rounded point 10.

Regardless of which form of the device is employed, the use is practically the same as the device is inserted within the pocket in the neck band with the base 5 disposed. at the upper end thereof and the head 7 or tongue 9 inserted through the button hole B to extend downwardly upon the exterior' of the neck band A.. In the forms shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the collar is attached by engaging the button hole therein upon the end 8 of the head 7 and then moving the collar laterally until the button hole therein engages upon the shank 6. In the forms shown in Figs. l and 2 the button hole of the collar will snap upon the bead formed by bending the shank 6 and will consequently prevent accidental withdrawal of the collar therefrom as it is obvious that a decided effort will be required to disengage the button hole from the shank 6. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the button hole of a collar is engaged upon the rounded end l0 of the tongue 9 and merely moved upwardly to engage the bead formed upon the shank 6 whereupon the collar will be securely attached. The only difference between the form shown in Fig. 4 and the forms shown in Figs. 1 and Qis that the laterally extending head 7 is omitted and that the collar can be attached to the device merely by upward movement instead of by lateral movement.

Having thus described my invention I claim A collar button formed from a single piece of material and comprising an enlarged flat base portion, a reduced shank extending centrally from one longitudinal edge thereof and bent outwardly and then inwardly to provide a bead, and a flat head formed on the end of said shank lying in the same plane with said base and extending laterally beyond one side edge thereof, the opposing edges of said base and head being parallel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN B. BOOK.

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